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Sir Arthur C. Clarke CBE FRAS
$\"In$ In 1965, on one of the sets of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Born	Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-12-16)16 December 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England
Died	19 March 2008(2008-03-19) (aged 90) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pen name	Charles Willis E. G. O'Brien^[1]^[2]
Occupation	\n Writer \n inventor \n futurist \n
Alma mater	King's College London
Period	1946\u20132008
Genre	Hard science fiction Popular science
Subject	Science
Notable works	\n Childhood's End \n 2001: A Space Odyssey \n Rendezvous with Rama \n The Fountains of Paradise \n
Spouse	\n Marilyn Mayfield \n (m. 1953; div. 1964)
Website
clarkefoundation.org

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist,^[3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.\n

He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.^[4]^[5] Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of distinguished ability. He wrote many books and many essays for popular magazines. In 1961, he received the Kalinga Prize, a UNESCO award for popularising science. Clarke's science and science fiction writings earned him the moniker \"Prophet of the Space Age\".^[6] His science fiction writings in particular earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership, made him one of the towering figures of the genre. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov were known as the \"Big Three\" of science fiction.^[7]\n

Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system using geostationary orbits.^[8] He was the chairman of the BIS from 1946 to 1947 and again in 1951\u20131953.^[9]\n

Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving.^[10] That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient original Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his popularity in the 1980s, as the host of television shows such as Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death.^[11]\n

Clarke was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 \"for services to British cultural interests in Sri Lanka\".^[12] He was knighted in 1998^[13]^[14] and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.^[15]\n

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v t e Space Odyssey
Short stories	\n \"The Sentinel\" \n \"Encounter in the Dawn\" \n
Films	\n 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) \n 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) \n
Novels	\n 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) \n 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) \n 2061: Odyssey Three (1987) \n 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997) \n
Non-fiction	\n The Lost Worlds of 2001 \n
Comics	\n 2001: A Space Odyssey \n
Elements	\n Monoliths \n Discovery\n HAL 9000 \n
Related	\n Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey \n Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey \n 2001: A Space Odyssey in popular culture \n 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack \n Alex North's 2001: A Space Odyssey score \n Poole versus HAL 9000 (chess game) \n Jupiter Five \n Machine Man \n A Time Odyssey \n 9000 Hal \n

v t e Nebula Award for Best Novel
1966\u20131980	\n Dune by Frank Herbert (1966) \n Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1967) \n The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1968) \n Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1969) \n The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) \n Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971) \n A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1972) \n The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973) \n Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974) \n The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) \n The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976) \n Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1977) \n Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978) \n Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979) \n The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980) \n
1981\u20132000	\n Timescape by Gregory Benford (1981) \n The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) \n No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (1983) \n Startide Rising by David Brin (1984) \n Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985) \n Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986) \n Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987) \n The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy (1988) \n Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989) \n The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1990) \n Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) \n Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1992) \n Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993) \n Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) \n Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1995) \n The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1996) \n Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1997) \n The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1998) \n Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1999) \n Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (2000) \n
2001\u20132020	\n Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (2001) \n The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (2002) \n American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2003) \n Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (2004) \n Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2005) \n Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2006) \n Seeker by Jack McDevitt (2007) \n The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008) \n Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009) \n The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2010) \n Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011) \n Among Others by Jo Walton (2012) \n 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2013) \n Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014) \n Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2015) \n Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016) \n All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017) \n The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) \n The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019) \n A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker (2020) \n
2021\u2013present	\n Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021) \n A Master of Djinn by P. Dj\u00e8l\u00ed Clark (2022) \n Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023) \n The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (2024) \n

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v t e Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story
These Hugo awards were retroactively awarded for short stories published 50, 75, or 100 years prior
\n \"How We Went to Mars\" by Arthur C. Clarke (1939) \n \"Robbie\" by Isaac Asimov (1941) \n \"The Twonky\" by Lewis Padgett (1943) \n \"King of the Gray Spaces\" or: \"R is for Rocket\" by Ray Bradbury (1944) \n \"I, Rocket\" by Ray Bradbury (1945) \n \"Uncommon Sense\" by Hal Clement (1946) \n \"To Serve Man\" by Damon Knight (1951) \n \"The Nine Billion Names of God\" by Arthur C. Clarke (1954) \n
\n Complete list \n Retro \n 1955\u20131960 \n 1961\u20131980 \n 1981\u20132000 \n 2001\u20132020 \n 2021\u2013present \n

Biography

Early years

World War II

Post-war

Sri Lanka and diving

Television series host

Personal life

Knighthood

Later years

Science fiction writer

Beginnings

\"The Sentinel\"

\"Big Three\"

Space Odyssey series

2001: A Space Odyssey

2010: Odyssey Two

Rendezvous with Rama

Science writer

Space travel

Futurism

Geostationary communications satellite

Undersea explorer

Views

Religion

Politics

Technology

Intelligent life

Paranormal phenomena

Themes, style, and influences

Awards, honours, and other recognition

Named after Clarke

Awards

Other

Selected bibliography

Novels

Short stories and short story collections

Non-fiction

Media appearances

Notes

References

External links

Arthur C. Clarke

Talks

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